Shadowlands Joss Ackland

And then i got to work with joss ackland on a film and i said to him how much i had enjoyed it.

Shadowlands joss ackland. I love the books of cs lewis and i remember ho. Shadowlands started as a tv play with joss ackland and claire bloom and it came out of the documentary department at the bbc. Starring joss ackland and claire bloom. Hopkins and winger are equally superb in this absorbing story of personal and spiritual transformation a story previously filmed for british television in 1985 with joss ackland and claire bloom.

Sidney edmond jocelyn joss ackland cbe born 29 february 1928 citation needed is an english actor who has appeared in more than 130 film and television roles. Lewis when his wife died from cancer. Noted author and scholar finds love then must endure its loss. This is the first part of the tv movie released in 1985 about the love story between cs lewis and joy gresham.

And it was a huge success. The love grief pain and sorrow were so shattering to lewis that his basic christian beliefs magnificently communicated in his many books were now called into serious doubt. Joss ackland the distinguished english actor who has appeared in over 100 movies scores of plays and a plethora of television programs in his six decade career was born sidney edmond jocelyn ackland on february 29 1928 in north kensington london. Directed by norman stone.

The hunt for red october. Bbc version of shadowlands reviewed in class. A real life incident involving two major literary figures was dramatized for british television in 1985 under the title shadowlands. After a successful run as a play it was made into a bbc production in 1985 also shown on pbs but apparently first in a truncated 73 minute version of the original 90 minute show starring joss.

After attending london s central school of speech and drama the 17 year old ackland made his. This movie is about the agonizing spiritual crisis of c. I watched it a few years later because i had heard how beautiful it was. Joss ackland stars as english author c s.